Cap or head-covering.



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CAP OR'HEAD COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. I917.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW E. FODOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SANITCAP CO. INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GA]? OR HEAD-COVERING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

Application filed. May 18, 1917. Serial No. 169,487.

To all-whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW E. FODOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps or Head-Coverings, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to caps or head-coverings, and relates more particularly to a cap adapted for individual use in stores where hats are being fitted.

Frequently, in the trying on of hats the sweat-bands, andin some instances the linings, become soiled, and the present invention seeks to avoid this and other possible objections by the production of a cheap and effective paper cap, which may be placed on the head of the prospective purchaser and over which the hats being tried on may be placed.

The cap must at once be cheap (as it is to be used but once) as well as thin, and likewise repellent to perspiration and oil, both oil of the skin and such as may be used upon the hair as a medicament or ointment.

Furthermore, in order to render the structure effective, it will preferably be formed of glazed or like paper, which admits of the hat being slipped thereover without diflicult Again, the structure should have a certain degree of give or extensibility, as well as contractibility, so that it may closely cona form to the head, and further that one size may fit difierent sized heads. This is provided for by an elastic insert.

The cap is shown in the annexed drawing in perspective.

It may be said to comprise a top or crown piece 1, slightly elongated, a depending skirt 2, and an elastic insert 3. The top and skirt are formed of glazed or parafiined paper,

and the skirt is secured to the top along its edge by a suitable cement or adhesive.

The insert 8, shown as located at the rear of the cap, is preferably formed of crepe paper, being secured at its upper end to the top and at its sides to the proximate edges of the skirt. The insert being elastic and yielding to a greater or less degree, enables the user to readily draw the same down on the head, and by reason of the elasticity the cap makes a relatively close fit.

The structure thus formed is waterproof except for the relatively small insert or gusset 3, which section, being located at the back, is not affected by perspiration to any considerable extent.

Being flexible, the caps may be readily packed for shipment, and occupy but little s ace.

By the use of these caps (a new one being employed for every customer) the buyer is assured of obtaining a fresh hat, a condition which does'not exist under the usual practice at the present time. This is a point of manifest advantage, and particularly from a sanitary standpoint.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cap or head-covering comprising a crown and skirt formed of paper so treated as to be moisture and grease repellent, and an insert of crepe paper located in the skirt.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a cap or head-covering comprising a crown and skirt formed of paper so treated as to be moisture and grease-repellent; and an elastic insert located in the skirt, whereby the cap is adapted to fit heads of different sizes and to closely conform thereto.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ANDREW E. FODOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

